Saturday, December 24, 2011

Our Christmas Celebration

Life is full of opportunities for celebration.  When those opportunities present themselves to us, we must treasure them, enjoy them, maximize them, and get the best out of them.  We should not let those opportunities pass us by, as some may occur once in a lifetime although we wish they were more frequent, more repetitive in our lives.

The following are some instances of joyful celebrations recorded in the Bible:
  1.  When the men were returning home after David killed Goliath, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. (1 Samuel 18:6).
  2. When the ark of the covenant of the LORD was being brought from the house of Obed-Edom to the place prepared for it by David, David danced, rejoiced and celebrated so passionately that his very close relative (his wife) could not grasp or understand the state of his jubilant heart towards God, nor the reason for his exuberance and for his happiness. (1 Chronicles 15:1-29).
  3. After Queen Esther aborted Haman’s plot and saved the Jews, and after Mordecai’s orders were written in the name of King Xerxes and sent out to all the Jews, “the city of Susa held a joyful celebration.  For the Jews, it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor.  In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating (Esther 8:15-17).

Celebration, therefore, is the expression and the release of joy, the open manifestation of happiness on a large scale other than just on the inside.  It is the joyful shout, the burst of thanksgiving, the seal of achievement, the feast of a milestone, the sharing of jubilation, the birth of a baby, the first cry of a newborn, the assurance of the presence of peace, the confirmation of the removal of and of the clearance from danger, the commemoration of accomplishment, of achievement, of events, of historic dates, the festivities of victory.

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 2:1-21).  The world is joyfully filled with happiness.  People from all walks of life and people of all creeds embark automatically, joyfully and willfully in this spectacular celebration.  It is beautiful, it is exciting.  The world goes through all kinds of preparation for the celebration with lights everywhere, corporate parties, company dinners, individual and family festivities.  They cannot help it or control the frantic excitement in their activities and in their lives.  The KING is coming!  The KING is coming! The rush is on in people’s hearts, in society and in the whole world.  People feel the compelling need to please, to give, to share, to bless others, to treat themselves, their families and their household.  We are all celebrating The King, King Jesus, The Savior of the world who took on human form in order to resolve the issue of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden due to man’s disobedience of God’s command (Genesis 3/whole Chapter). And only Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, had the ability, the power and the mandate to restore, to prevent, to avoid, to cancel and to save mankind from eternal damnation, and from our ongoing and subsequent sins.

The birth of Jesus Christ that we celebrate at Christmas is so important and so significant that our current calendar is arranged around it.  It is a major and a catalytic event in the world history.  It is no longer “BC” (Before Christ).  Now it is “AD” (Anno Domini meaning “In the year of the Lord” or “In the year of our Lord”).  We now live in the “AD” epoch, the epoch of counting years after the conception or the birth (or the coming) of Jesus of Nazareth to this world that we are celebrating at Christmas.  And this is in a nutshell and in a condensed state the essence of the meaning of Christmas.  We are now part of something big, concrete and tangible, globally accepted and approved, universally recognized, studied, researched, proven and factual.  It is official, it is sealed.

Born in the most simplistic humility, in a very meager state and in the inadequate setting of a stable (of a manger) in Bethlehem that is totally unsuitable and unfit for a King, baby Jesus was however the Real Deal, the Big and Great King on a mission.  He came down to Earth to save, to elevate, to uplift, to set humanity on the right path again, and to make sure that humanity is suitable and ready to inherit “everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Jesus Christ is life, life in this world, life of this world, life eternal.  Christmas is the celebration of the advent of life eternal.  Christmas is also the celebration of the introductory preparation of our living eternally with Jesus Christ as we invite Him and as we receive Him into our hearts and in our lives.  Christmas is totally about Jesus Christ, the Light of the world who came to dispel darkness and to instill “spiritual” light in all living humans and in mankind.  This is another reason why the Christmas festivities are also celebrated with multicolor lights and with lighting decorations everywhere. 

People are so joyful, so happy, so motivated, so excited that they become extremely creative in terms of lighting designs and decorations.  People are so creatively innovative that their creativity mesmerizes our imagination, forces us and compels us to admire those heavenly designs and those works of art with the intention of enjoying them and of cherishing them forever: “Your Kingdom come, your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10).  It is absolutely beautiful and our mind is captivated and is in awe bringing the essence of childlike fascination out of all of us.  Words alone cannot truly express in full details the magnificence, the whole meaning and the immense significance of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated at Christmas.

Jesus Christ is awe, captivating beauty, Love personified, incarnated and eternal, The KingJesus Christ is so fascinating and so spectacular that it took a special star, brighter than all the other stars in the sky in the holy night of His birth, to guide the wise men (or Magi) who came from the east to Jerusalem (Luke 2:1) to the  place where He was born (Luke 2:9, 10).  In their individual wisdom received from God, the wise men brought the “absolute best” they had to offer to Baby Jesus because they knew that they were coming “specifically to worship” the newborn King.  Therefore, respectively, they brought gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matthew 2:11).

The very best and the most precious gift that we (our generation) have to offer to Jesus Christ today for “our worship of Him” is our “predisposed hearts”.  Let us adore Him by offering our “absolute best” to Him so that He may be pleased with our choice of gift being offered to Him for His inhabitation and His indwelling.  Let us invite Him and offer our warm welcome of Him into our hearts and into our lives.  Let us celebrate Jesus Christ, not like spectators, or outsiders, or strangers, or bystanders, but like full-fledged and fully-engaged participants.  Let us embrace Him and take our rightful place in the celebration of Christmas with our willingness to be one with Him, with our aspiration and our decision to accept Him as our Savior and our King, with our desire to overcome and to dispel darkness in our lives and in the world.  Let us confirm and consolidate our connection to something very big and very special, His Kingdom, to someone larger than life, the Creator and the Generator of life Himself.  Let us affirm and confirm our total surrendering and our unconditional belonging to Him.  Let us accept Him and be "genuinely" on His side that is absolutely safe and secure.  Let us rejoice with one another and share mutually that special love that bridges all gaps, that unites all men, that unifies all souls, that strengthens the weak and the needy, that sustains life.

We wish you celebrate the Magnificent Birth and the Life of Jesus Christ either in full simplicity, in total serenity, in absolute modesty, or according to your means, your budget and the prompting of your hearts.  After all, it is Our Celebration of the Birth of Our King and Savior.  Therefore, the simplicity, or the modesty, or the pomp, or the glamour of your (our) celebration and of your "wise" choice is individually, personally and absolutely yours.  Rejoice and Enjoy!

We wish you a Merry Christmas in Love, Joy and Peace.
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Friday, November 25, 2011

Forgiven and Restored

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9).
Peace, I leave with you; my peace I give to you” (John 14:27).

“Peace” is defined in the dictionary as “the state prevailing during the absence of war; harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; the absence of mental stress or anxiety; the general security of public places; a treaty to cease hostilities”.

This is everyone’s dream to have peace, to live in peace, to enjoy peacefully the fruit of our labor and to utilize the income we earn for the primary purpose of our living and our existence.  Humanity’s dream, purpose, decision, ultimate and higher goal are to work laboriously like God who, according to the Bible, has completed the creation of this world we are all living in six days (Genesis 1:31) (*1).  Humanity’s purpose is also to earn “uprightly” our money, to prosper as per God’s plan for our lives (Jeremiah 29:11), to raise our families, to be an asset and to have positive impacts in our society and in the affairs of the world, to leave a legacy, to leave our mark(s) like “good-standing achievers (publicly-known or otherwise), to elevate, to uplift, to support, to guide, to positively influence, to help others, and to make sure that individual growth and collective stability are achieved, maintained and sustained.

It is absolutely refreshing to know that we have contributed to the creation and the stability of Peace, and to the stabilization of strong and Peaceful Standing.  It is also uplifting to enjoy the intrinsic reward and the extrinsic expression of joy as a result of our good deeds.  The genuine smile on the innocent face of a child is absolutely beautiful and sublime.  The peaceful satisfaction, the liberating rejoicing, the rewarding accomplishments and the fulfilled living of an elderly that enjoys their latter days of joyful and peaceful serenity are extremely inspiring.  That youth that is full of life, full of vibrant energy, full of hope, full of effervescent potentials, full of developing dreams, full of blooming achievements, is a remarkable picture to cherish and to share with others.  The interactivity of our productive lives where mutual exchange, intuitive or negotiated understanding prevail on a human level, and also where cross-border, international and global trades are skyrocketing at the societal level, is healthy, striving, flourishing and flamboyant.  We are all happy and we all contribute individually to the wellbeing of our collective and strong economy where no one is left behind.  This is the goal, this is the ultimate plan.  This is “not” a futuristic dream.  This is our human and continuous course of action with our progressive and tangible achievements in mind.  This is a component of our earthly mandate.

On the other hand, the fact of being disenchanted and dissatisfied with oneself, or with things, or with circumstances, or with conditions, or with realities, or with our actual position, or with our current status (which is absolutely normal and okay if it stimulates positive creations, creativity, enhancement, and motivates development and improvement) is not in itself an excuse, a justification and a license to create havoc among us or around us.  Those of us who have been through deep grief like the survivors of earthquakes, or hurricanes, or tornadoes, or Tsunami, or floods, or catastrophes, or calamities, those who are grieving over their personal losses, their financial losses, the loss of their families, relatives, neighbors, coworkers and friends, (plus the related traumatic and long-term effects, consequences and aftermath), they have learned painfully and they have managed to cope with the terrible pains they have to endure and to live with for years.  Time, adequate and proper support have eventually helped them to overcome their sad and tragic experiences.

The Highly-Respected, Highly-Regarded and Highly-Appreciated War Veterans with their divinely-resilient hearts have conquered and overcome, and have taught us (our generation) determination, courage and resilience.  We Honor Them and we Thank Them for their sacrifices and their bravery.  The Dignified and Valiant Men and Women in Uniform (wherever they serve) have learned to cope and to adjust the course and the reality of their lives with respect to their professional and imperative duty.  They are, on an all-encompassing scale, “Agents of Peace”, educated, trained, prepared, empowered and mandated to defend, to protect, to establish and to maintain Peace, and so they do with decisiveness, responsibility, passion, dedication, Excellence and a blessed commitment.  We are honored and grateful to say deservedly an All-Time “Thank You” to Them, and to pay an All-Time Tribute to Them for Their Faithful Service.

Those who, in this shaky and unstable economy, have the misfortune to lose thousands and millions, they have found their way to cope with the losses of their hardly-earned money, and they do not go ahead on a rampage or create havoc around them.  God has blessed them with the ability to survive their losses, and has granted them “Peace” with the hope of making a stronger comeback, and with the assurance that, as long as they are alive and breathing, they can make it back up even higher than before, like in the case of Job in the Bible who lost it all and, in the end, was restored bountifully.  “The LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before” (Job 42:10).  His divine restoration was also coupled with blessings of highly-esteemed uniqueness: “Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters (Job 42:15).  The Bible states that “The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part” (Job 42:12).
 
All this is to say, to reiterate and to confirm that “all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:27) (*2).  And when we have God in our lives, it is truly better and easier to cope, to be healed, to overcome misfortune.  We are then able, by divine design and by faith, to go through all adversities and we can transcend all adverse life situations and conditions.  That is exactly one of many reasons why it is greatly beneficial to be a Christian.  Once we become Christians, our studies, our training, our individual experiences, our victorious triumph through the Holy Spirit encourage us to believe, to understand and to know that “in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).  Therefore, the pain, the challenges, the trials, the testing, the work we do for Christ and with Christ in mind have become our motivation and our propeller.  And the positively-impacting results will last for all eternity and forever.  Consequently, our focus automatically changes, our priorities become laser sharp, our goals are more precisely-shaped, tailored and directed, and our lives take on the true meaning they were intended to have.

This is to invite all those who are disenchanted, dissatisfied with things and all those who are angry with the way things are in their lives, or around them, or about them circumstantially, to instead reconsider their actions towards doing good, towards designing Peace, towards being “Peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9) now for the sake of saving time, of saving money, and with the main intention of being productive.  This is our very special request addressed directly to you that are dissatisfied to be more constructive, to contribute to stability, to avoid or to stop havoc, to redirect that valuable energy that you possess towards doing what is more meaningful such as feeding and educating the poor and the needy, or rescuing desperate lives that right now depend solely on you.  Try to imagine and to think about the many lives you can improve by shifting and by redirecting your abundant energy towards feeding ten people, or fifty people, or one hundred people, or thousands of people.  Our communities, our society and our world would definitely be a “much better place” by your added contribution and participation.

To those who are unhappy with themselves and to those who are deeply angry and dissatisfied all the time, this is a reminder that Professional Help is available, that Spiritual/Christian Counseling and Spiritual/Christian Guidance are also available towards overcoming frustration and towards learning sound anger management.  We also recommend that they take concrete, positive and tangible actions towards changing, and towards reversing a personal or a typical trend.

We encourage you to consider this case and to learn from the writer of this blog.  I, the writer of this blog, have many and many reasons to be angry, mad, frustrated, upset, and the list goes on.  Instead, with the help of Jesus Christ, I have managed to become a better writer sharing my blogs with “great readers” like you as my Volunteering endeavor, I have managed to have my own YouTube Channel as my hobby and my favorite pastime, I am studying and learning to improve myself constantly, I am playing music weekly to give praise and thanks to God, and I am also working to earn my living.  Things are not always easy, or rosy, or smooth.  Nevertheless and as a result of my resilient steadfastness, I am happier and happier.  Why? This is because the past is behind me and is gone, the present although full of challenges is nonetheless wonderful and worth living, the future is bright, beautiful and greatly promising.  

All this is because God is in charge and is in control of my life, and also, because I am in control of my chosen actions, of my emotions, I make up my mind to overcome.  I choose to do good because it is simpler, easier, more peaceful and more rewarding.  I surrender myself totally to God and I let Him deal with everything that appears to be of gigantic proportion to me, yet that is, in fact, way too small, way too insignificant to Him: God is bigger, omnipotent and far above all things.  The Bible states that “there is a time for everything, and there is a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1).  Therefore, there is a time to stand and fight the battle like David against Goliath, there is also a time to take a strong stand  in the spiritual (while remaining firm in the natural), to do our part (prayer, fasting, intercessions, supplications, and so on), and to let God take over the fight Himself.  Once we hear from God and follow faithfully His instructions, the “landslide and triumphant Victory” is a done deal.

The very thing that came to mess up, to belittle, to put down, to shipwreck and to destroy is the very thing that shall become the booster of our ethical character, the evidence of our magnanimity, our faith motivator, our footstool (Psalms 110:1), the catalyst and the reason for our deliverance, and our strategic propeller.  Therefore, like an eagle we rise above it, like a king we reign and rule over it, like a conqueror we overcome it, and like a blessed entrepreneur we succeed and prosper “abundantly” in spite of it and because of it (Jeremiah 29:11).  We learn and we know that we should not create mischief, chaos, havoc or schemes.  It is a pure waste of our time, a waste of God’s time and resources, and a waste of everybody else’s asset, energy, money and time.  Instead, we redirect and utilize anger, frustration, upset and destructive feelings for our better good through the use of our positive power that is within us, and through our ability to recycle, to reuse and to transfer positively that renewed energy.  Again, since God is with us, “we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37) (*3).  As a result and all along, we win, we succeed, we do better, we are ahead in life “again”, and we make it higher in life “once again”, strong, plain and simple.

Imagine reusing our financial resources towards adopting orphans, towards helping and providing for children in need, or towards funding (or building) schools for children without hope.  Imagine creating heart-filled and good-willed foundations, and providing a means for children to go to school and to be fed for free with our own money.  What a wonderful and eloquent gesture of love it would be, and what a powerful transformation it would create and generate!   On behalf of those "in need", we thank All the Great Minds and All the Great Thinkers who already engaged in such a life-saving and altruistic endeavor.  May God Bless You.

We are already thanking God for the compassionate hearts.  We are also thanking God for mending, for healing and for switching the hearts of the “disenchanted and the dissatisfied” people to becoming “Happy Philanthropists” with Divine Love in heart, with Pleasing God in mind, with “Improving Lives” as their motto and their mantra, with “Making Peace” as their New Mandate.  We have great faith, and we know it is achievable and that it can be done.  We believe in God’s capability and in God’s miraculous power to change your hearts.  We also deeply believe in your willingness to turn the course of things around for the greater good and for the peace of mind of the majority.  After all, you are a Leader with tremendous capabilities to impact things since God, our Creator, has given you free choice, has invested you with power, and since He has been waiting for you to behave and to act differently, to regain your senses, to use your sound mind right after someone like us tells you that He, Jesus Christ, does love “you too”.  He loves you so much that He died “for you as well” on the cross, and His Love is encompassing enough to include, to incorporate, to embrace “you as well” with open arms and without any form of discrimination against you and against nobody.

God wants to replace your logical and justified anger, your pain and your frustration with His Love in your hearts from now on.  God wants you to know that it is better, simpler and more rewarding to do good as opposed to designing harmful, disturbing, destructive plans or schemes that have no real and long-lasting benefit at all.  We all must win since we are in it together, since you are no longer alone, and since you are “not a minority of disliked people”.  We truly Love you, we Respect you, we have already Accepted you in our Peaceful midst and in our accommodating company where you can be all you were meant to be, and also where you can use all your brilliant knowledge, your remarkable resources, your skills, your talents, you inner savvy, your energy, your focus, your passion and your drive (technological, culinary, esthetical, artistic) for the Greater Glory of God.

Knowledge is power.  Awareness is light and exposition, and leads to turnaround, to change and to repentance.  Forgiveness and pardon for sins committed are also free gifts from God available to all sinners with a sincerely-repentant heart.  The woman caught in adultery (*4) was about to be lapidated by the crowd.  Yet, she was publicly forgiven and restored by Jesus who said to her:  “Go now and leave your life of sin” (John 8:11) (*4-1).  Therefore, we urge you to repent today for all the wrong you have committed, to accept our personal forgiveness and to receive God’s forgiveness that is immediately available to you.

We encourage you to consider this genuine request so that you may seriously and earnestly seek God, in order for you to be divinely-constructive, and to genuinely become a “highly-esteemed builder” with divine eternity in mind.  It is truly worth it.  And the benefits and the rewards are all yours to keep and to enjoy forever.  Jesus Christ said:  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”. (Matthew 11:28).  With this sure and secure assurance promised in the Bible, we deliberately and widely open the door, we sincerely open our arms, we extend our inviting offer and our ushering hands to you so that you may know officially and publicly that we love you, and that we would like you to have a better life and to experience a different and joyful living.  God wants to use you to impact and to change the lives of other people as He did with Apostle Paul (formerly known as Saul of Tarsus), and as He has been patiently waiting for you for the longest while.  

This is your decisive moment to accept Him into your life as your personal Savior, to embrace humility, to show and to confirm to God, Jesus Christ, that you are serious, that you mean business for Him and for yourself.  He has demonstrated to you with His own life that He truly loves you.  He has proven it publicly on the cross.  Now it is your turn to do your part and to accept His Love being offered to you for free with no strings attached.  We urge you to repent for any unpleasant actions and to turn your heart and your life around for your own peace of mind, for your clear conscience, for your own freedom from personal guilt, and for the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Your serious commitment will determine your everlasting reign with Him in Heaven because your genuine acceptance of this invitation and of this offer will grant you and will “reactivate” your kingdom Status.

You are a king.  That is why “Jesus Christ is the King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15).  Which means, in this very specific context, that the capital letter “K” in the word “King” and the capital letter “L” in the word “Lord” belong solely to Jesus Christ and refer to His Deity, while the small letter “k” in the word “kings” and the small letter “l” in the word “lords” do apply to you, to me, to all of us who have accepted Him as Lord and Savior.  Therefore, this is your divine and golden opportunity right here, right now.  Just get a hold of it, and do not let it pass you by.

We are rejoicing for you already for your accepting this invitation.  We are celebrating with you all the way to Heaven. We officially welcome you back into the Family of God, to your restituted “Kingdom Status” and into the ranks of the Redeemed Believers of Jesus Christ.  You are now fully, officially and divinely Restored onto our Lord Jesus Christ.

May God Bless You and All Your Family.  CongratulationsYou made it!
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Reference List
New International Version (NIV)
(*1)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:1-31 (Full account about the Creation).
(*2)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Mark 10:17-31.
(*3)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Romans 8:31-39.
(*4)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, John 8:1-11
(*4-1) The King James Version (KJV) translates:  "Go, and sin no more".      

Blog Writer’s Note 
Please visit to our blog entitled “Evidence and Confirmation” for some highlighted explanation regarding the decision to become a Christian. 

Please refer to the Pastor of your local Bible-believing Church who Preach the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, for the Water Baptism process and for the Follow-Up steps at your earliest convenience.  It is worthwhile, very joyful and strongly encouraged.  Or, you may also refer promptly to your Chaplain or to your Spiritual Leader about the matter depending on your Professional, or on your imperative, or on your circumstantial location.  Thank you and Rejoice!   

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Evidence and Confirmation

Jesus Christ is “the King of kings and LORD of lords” (*1).  Whenever we say God, we totally mean and automatically refer to Jesus Christ who is “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (*2).  Jesus Christ is the Creator of this world and we live based on His Kingship and according to His Majestic Sovereignty.

As King, Jesus Christ, our LORD, left His Kingdom in Heaven, took on human form (since we are created in His image and in His likeness) (*3).  He came down to Earth to restore humanity back to its kingdom status that was lost due to the original sin in the Garden of Eden.  Faithful to His reputation and consistent with His mission, Jesus Christ did exactly what He came down to Earth to do.  He went through the whole process of living as a man in a human body, from His birth in a manger to His death on the cross. On the third day following His death, He rose again (*4) by conquering death and the grave, and confirmed that He is, in fact, the indisputable Son of God, the Messiah that was prophesied about in Isaiah 53.

His resurrection is the evidence that His Care and His Love for humanity are far greater than anything the human mind could ever conceive.  His resurrection is also the confirmation of His Omnipotence and of His Deity. His death to pay the price for our sins, for our failures, “for our iniquities and for our transgressions” (Isaiah 53:5) does speak volume.  Our gratitude towards Him is to accept, to acknowledge, to appreciate, to cherish, to embrace, to nurture, to preserve, to receive, to treasure and to uphold that invaluable and priceless Gift of everlasting life (*5) that we have inherited from Him for Free.  Since Jesus hates sins (our human deeds) and loves sinners (all of us), there is absolutely no reason at all for one man to hate another human being.  This should not be justifiable.  Normally, in an absolutely-perfect world, the words hatred, envy, jealousy, covetousness and all their derivative and related cousins such as strife, backbiting, animosity, antagonizing, and so on, would never exist.  Jesus took care of all our turmoil when He died on the cross so that we may live in perfect peace among us and in mutual harmony with one another. And this is what we are commissioned to do, and this is what we are going to continue to do: to love one another as Jesus loves us, to live in harmony with one another, to do good at all times, to foster and to usher Peace as much and as often as possible.  In Isaiah 9:6 Jesus is also called the Prince of Peace.  Since we are followers of Jesus Christ, and as we are emulators of Jesus’ example, we must demonstrate it to the whole world so that the whole world may learn from us and begin to emulate on their own what we are practicing, i.e., Interactive Peace and Mutual Love.

The Peace we are talking about is a very special kind of Peace.  This is a Peace that comes from within based on our conviction, on our assurance and on our confirmation that, in fact, the Spirit of the LORD lives inside of us.  When we are water baptized and that the Spirit of the LORD comes inside of us, we are not the same person anymore.  Our body becomes the temple of the Living God (*6), we are transformed to His spiritual likeness and our lives witness, testify and reflect the Majestic Glory of Our God which we are carrying and displaying.  Once we are one with the LORD in Spirit by our unity with Him (*7), we are able to behave like elevated kings on Earth, because we are Royalty, and we are able to take care of our Father’s business with full maturity in making sure that all is in perfect order and well cared for, that lives in the Kingdom are preserved, treasured, appreciated and protected as per our calling, as per our responsibility, and as per our Father’s expectations.   God has bestowed upon us power and ability to take care of His business.  And we will have to “give an account of ourselves” (Romans 14:12), of how well we did, how productive and how constructive we were, how laboriously we occupied our time, how much care we have offered and provided to our fellow humans, how many lives we have improved, how much love we have shared, how much joy we have dispensed and given.

All this is possible based on how much we love our Father in Heaven, how close we are to the Creator of all things, how much intimate relationship we have with our LORD Jesus Christ, how attentive we are to God’s voice, how diligent we are in obeying God’s requests and in following His instructions, how serious and how obedient we are with respect to His commands.  There is no commandment greater than Love.  “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength”.  “Love your neighbor as yourself (*8).  Since we love ourselves so much to the point where we will never harm ourselves, our own body, our own being, likewise we should promptly and spontaneously offer the same love to our neighbor with the same capacity, with the same measure, and with the same intensity.  Therefore, we must Respect others, we must Accept them as they are through Jesus’ eyes, we must Respect their existence and their lives, we must Protect them as part of our mandate, and we must Avoid Harming them at all costs, in whatever shape and form, and in conformity with Our Godly Nature.

Jesus said “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15).  Jesus also stated:  “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me” (John 10:27).  Jesus also added:  “I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen.  I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” (John 10:16).

We shall be on guard, train ourselves, gird our hearts, master our thoughts, monitor our emotions to avoid falling at all costs in the trap of hatred (either initial or reciprocal)Those who hate impulsively for whatever reasons, those who envy out of jealousy, and those who covet with the desire to prey on the treasures, the possessions and the blessings of others (instead of creating, developing, generating and managing their own) have no peace at all.  They do not know God, they live without God in their lives, they live in mental and tormenting misery, they are empty on the inside, and they are desperately longing for and eagerly seeking God, our God Jesus Christ who is The Only God capable of coming into our lives through our obedient and yielding co-operation, and who is able to heal our hurts and our wounds, to fill our void with His indwelling through the Holy Spirit.  

Lost and Satan-manipulated people forgiven by Jesus while He was agonizing on the cross (“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”) (Luke 23:34), empty, hungry and thirsty people that are living in multiple forms of darkness and cravings, should not have to suffer the pain and the affliction caused by emptiness, or due to the lack of knowledge, due to the shortage or the scarcity of the right information, and due to the lack of pure and comforting love.  That is why, as Jesus said to “Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing (**) them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (*9), we are going wholeheartedly into the whole wide web and into the whole world sharing voluntarily the Love of Jesus Christ so that, through that Love that surpasses all understanding and that is without any comparison at all, suffering may cease, hatred may disappear, harmony may be fully established in our society and in the whole world.  

As we earnestly share the Love of Jesus Christ with others, and as, in their search and in their quest, people pray fervently to God asking Him for pure and convincing revelations of who He is, Jesus Christ will surely bring the Light to dispel their darkness, will reveal the Truth and the Life to fill their emptiness, and will show the Way that leads them to Eternal Life (*10).  As more and more people are convinced that Jesus Christ exists and is the Supreme Lord, hatred will vanish, peace will be instilled, lives will be transformed, divine love will be embraced, practiced, mutually shared, and inner emptiness will be replaced by the infilling and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  The Persuasive Truth about the Lordship of Jesus Christ will then fill the Earth.

What humanity is eagerly and frantically seeking is immediately available, is within their reach, and is ready for them to accept and to embrace in due humility and in full ownership. That is why we will continue to do our job to spread the Comforting Love of Jesus Christ, to share Jesus’ Compassion “peacefully” with others, and to make sure that ALL are ready to inherit the Everlasting Life as it is promised in writing (*5).  As the Good Samaritan, out of compelling compassion, voluntarily offered his help to someone in need (*11), we will voluntarily continue to offer the Love of God to others indeed as it is expected of us (*12), and in a Friendly, Respectful and Peaceful Manner.  This will be the Evidence of which God we are following and serving, as this will also be the Confirmation that we are True Ambassadors of our Living LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ, the God of Peace, the God of Calmness and Stillness, the God of Peaceful and Meaningful Relationship, The God of Enlightening and Creativity, the God of Liberation, the God of Poise, the God of Pure Joy, the God of Resources and Riches, the God of Satiety, the God of Celebration, the God of Healing, the God of Forgiving Love, the God of Classic Nobility (*13), the God of Jubilee.
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Reference List
(*1)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, 1Timothy 6:15.
(*2)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Revelations 22:13.
(*3)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Genesis 1:26-28.
(*4)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Matthew 28:5-7.
(*5)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, John 3:16.
(*6)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 6:19 & 20.
(*7)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 6: 17.
(*8)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Mark 12:28-31.
(*9)   Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Matthew 28:18-20.
(*10) Ref.:  The Holy Bible, John 14:6.
(*11) Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Luke 10:30-37.
(*12) Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Luke 10:37.
(*13) Ref.:  The Holy Bible, Matthew 27:57-60.

(**) Blogger’s Note 
Please refer to the Pastor of your local Bible-believing Church who Preach the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, for the Water Baptism process and for the Follow-Up steps at your earliest convenience.  It is worthwhile, very joyful and strongly encouraged.  Or, you may also refer promptly to your Chaplain or to your Spiritual Leader about the matter depending on your Professional, or on your imperative, or on your circumstantial location.  Thank you and Rejoice!   
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